The Old God has left the world and the pretenders are awakening and coming out from hiding. You start the game by designing one of the pretender gods that will compete for true ascension to godhood. The type of god can range from a magically powerful arch mage to an ancient kraken or a mystic monolith that people pray to. Your pretender controls one of over sixty different nations and with the help of that nation he will spread his word and battle the other pretenders. Dominions 3 is a turn based strategy game. You can play single- or multiplayer (1 - 23 players) with simultaneous turns. There are more than 1500 different units, 600 spells and 300 magic items in the game. The game also features a medieval musical score by Erik Ask Uppmark and Anna Rynefors, both awarded the title of Musicians of the Realm by the Swedish Zornmärkeskommiten. Dominions 3 is a highly detailed game and a 300 page pdf manual is included in the download.
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| Dec 12 2012 Anchor | ||
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This thread is intended to be used as a guide for troubleshooting Dominions 3 installation issues, mod and map installation issues and other assorted technical problems. Some of this guide is relevant to the old versions bought from Shrapnel Games when Dominions 3 was not available from anywhere else, but it is universally applicable in other instances. It will be updated in due course to reflect all the changes. INSTALLATION Dominions will suggest C:\Program Files\Dominions 3 as the default installation directory. Do not install the game there or on your desktop! Install Dominions in some other location outside the Program Files folder instead. This is because everything inside the Program Files folder is subject to increased security measures in Windows Vista, Windows 7 and Windows 8. Altering anything will require administrative privileges (i.e. programs must be run as administrator, with heightened privileges, even if your account already has administrator rights). The second reason is that if you install Dominions in Program Files, Windows will store the savegame files, mod directories and assorted other user data directories for Dominions in the application data folder (C:\% APPDATA %\dom3 , just remove the spaces there, the forum doesn't like the % marks for some reason) instead of in subdirectories of the actual installation directory. If you install the game outside Program Files, the savegame and mod directories will be subdirectories of the game directory and MUCH easier to find. If you went ahead and installed Dominions 3 into the Void (aka Program Files) anyway, then you're going to have a devil of a time finding your files. You must make hidden files visible from Folder Options in the Control Panel before you can find the folder, though. See the Q&A session below for some tips. These things were previously in the FAQ, but they might as well be put in this thread, since they fit here better. No idea just how accurate all of that is at the moment. TROUBLESHOOTING If your key file becomes corrupted, delete it from the Dominions 3 directory. Or if you installed Dominions 3 into the Void, from the directory (expressed in code because Desura otherwise tries to interpret it as HTML expression). Restart Dominions and enter the CD-key from your manual. If you have lost your manual, edit the key file and MAKE A BACKUP OF YOUR CD-KEY! If you get the error message "cannot create config file" after patching to 3.28, try to run the dom3.exe as administrator. Alternatively, you can uninstall and reinstall the game. RUNNING THE GAME IN DEBUG MODE Sometimes a debug log may help solve a Dominions 3 related problem. In order to run the game in debug mode, modify the properties of your Dominions 3 shortcut by adding -d or -dd after the dom3.exe in the target field. This starts the game in basic or more detailed debug mode. More d-letters give more detailed debug info, but for almost all cases -d or -dd are sufficient. The debug log is written into log.txt in the Dominions 3 installation folder. MAPS & MODS Q: How do I install maps? Q: How do I install and enable mods? When you unzip a mod into the folder, it extracts a .dm file (the mod file) and any images necessary for the mod (e.g. new unit graphics etc) as well as a possible banner image. Sometimes the mod creates a subdirectory for itself where all the images are placed. If you are not sure where everything should go, edit the mod file to see where files should be placed. Please also refer to the Modding Manual for more detailed instructions. In order to use a mod you installed, you must enable it from the Preferences menu in Dominions (Mod Preferences). A new game created with a mod enabled will be subject to the changes the mod made. If you disable a mod, you don't need to re-enable it in order to load a savegame with mods. Dominions will automatically load any mods the game requires (as long as they are present) and disable others. TIP: Make a vanilla savegame with no mods enabled to allow for fast disabling of all installed mods. Makes it faster to enable a different set of mods. You should note that there is a possibility of conflicts between mods if you have a lot of them installed. A general rule of thumb is to only play with the mods you really want enabled for just that game. Disable any that you are no longer using. OLD FAQ STUFF (may be obsolete) Q: I have Windows Vista and I can't find my savedgames folder! HELP! USER INTERFACE DISAPPEARING Q: My Dominions screen goes blank when I play, all I can see is the map, but none of the user interface components. How can I get it to work?
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Issue solved. What windows thought was the latest driver....was not. Edited by: dfs1962 |
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